...extremist position which doesn't change despite significant changes and obvious improvements in the program. You're mired in 2017 and we're now in 2019, and your cherry picking devalues what you have to say. It's a lot like how CNN reports on Trump and is the reason why nobody takes CNN seriously anymore.

It would be like me saying Bronco was a horrible coach because in 2005 he couldn't do better than .500 despite playing a really weak SOS while coaching NFL talent like John Beck, Fau Tahi, Manase Tonga, Jonny Harline, Todd Watkins, Dan Coats, Bryan Kehl, Cameron Jensen, Vic So'oto, Travis Bright, Jake Kuresa, Dallas Reynolds, Lance Reynolds Jr, Eddie Keele, Ray Feinga, etc.

Because he significantly underperformed despite all that future NFL talent at his disposal that one season he didn't deserve a contract extension and should've been fired. Wasting that much talent is unforgiveable and his malfeasance was manifested in several games that he lost that we should've won. As a result he should've been held accountable. It was a travesty to waste such an easy schedule with so much NFL talent at his disposal.

Bronco won only 6 games despite playing the 65th SOS while the year before Crowton won 5 games playing the #11 toughest SOS and we considered him a failure so therefore, extrapolating on that thinking Bronco was a failure also, a horrible coach and should've been fired after his failed first season.

so, back to reality...nobody disagrees with you that 2017 was one of BYU's worst seasons ever. I'm on CB all the time and I can honestly say I've never read anyone disagree that it was historically bad. But the picture you paint is that 2017 is all we have for data on Kalani and that is the only narrative for discussing his abilities and value as a coach and that is simply intellectually dishonest.

His first season was nearly as great and spectacular as his 2nd season was bad (we were 8 pts away from being undefeated, something we've only managed to do once in over 100 yrs of playing football. 8 stinking points separated us from an undefeated season. 8 pts. That's a razor thin margin.). In his 2017 season we weren't 8 pts away from being winless, the margin for being winless wasn't anywhere near as close as we were for being undefeated. One sort of cancels the other out as far as what that says about Kalani in his first 2 yrs.

That leaves us with his 3rd year 2018 which had some significant improvements in it. We beat a ranked Big 10 team on the road (who doesn't lose at home very often) and overall beat 2 p5 teams on the road (not something BYU does very often). We also saw the emergence of our QB of the future/now who closed out the season in near record setting fashion (we have not had stellar QB play in several seasons). Position groups are filling out with both talent and experience, we have an excellent coaching staff in place and as a result we're seeing player development happen in all position groups.

Maybe most importantly, Utah got a wake up call last season, something they've not had to worry about since 2009 and they see now that BYU has shaken off the competitive rust of the previous 7 yrs and have to be taken seriously now. All of my friends that are ute fans are really nervous for this game for the first time in years. The prospect of losing to BYU is a reality to them for the first time in a long time. That is a huge indicator in and of itself as to where this program is heading under Kalani and where it hasn't been close to in years.